Wine tourism allows you to discover the world of wines, as well as live unique experiences, connect with the history of the wineries and enjoy the landscapes. All wines speak, but those from Catalonia do so in a special way.Life is full of little details that make it exciting. Opening a bottle of Catalan wine to taste it in good company or to accompany a good meal is one of those small moments that can be great rewards. Experience the differences brought by the 11 denominations of origin for wine and one for cava.DO Alella: Urban winesClose to Barcelona and the Mediterranean, the DO Alella is the smallest in Catalonia. It combines an exceptional wine heritage with a wide and vibrant wine tourism offer. Pansa blanca is the main variety with which they make their wines. You will find a wide variety of white, sparkling, red and sweet wines with a marked minerality, a salty point and the softness that the Mediterranean breeze gives it. Take a sip of some wines with history a stone's throw from Barcelona.DO Catalunya: The restless spiritWe are a country of wine and under this label authentic jewels are made that tell us about unusual terroirs, ancient varieties and uncomplicated viticulture. The DO Catalonia is a denomination that includes all the Catalan geography and that coexists with the rest of the denominations. It has vineyards in more than 400 towns. Exploring them means leaving the predictable paths to enter the terrain of unexpected surprises.DO Cava: The sublimation of a dreamCava is Catalonia’s sparkling wine. A story started in the 19th century by wine-makers obsessed with perfecting the champagne-making method. To explore its origin is to delve into a universe made of all possible occasions: from refreshing and pleasant cavas to delicate jewels born of long aging. To stroll through the DO Cava wineries, where the wine making of macabeu, xarel·lo and parellada rest, is to see how some winegrowers, with a centuries-old tradition, have made the traditional method synonymous with sophistication and refinement.DO Conca de Barberà: Looking at the past to face the futureThe Poblet Monastery - a UNESCO World Heritage Site -, the importance of the wines made by the monks who brought the tradition to the area, the wine cooperatives and the modernist footprint in the buildings they erected define the past of a DO with attractive. The DO Conca de Barberà has turned the Trepat grape, the native variety of the region, into its standard bearer. Today, its recovery and the nursery of winemakers confirm the vitality of winegrowers who produce wines with personality, which speak of tradition and future.DO Costers del Segre: The surprise that awaitsThe DO Costers del Segre is the DO farthest away from the sea. It invites you to explore the variety of flavours originating in very diverse territories: those emerging from the dry stone terraces in Les Garrigues and Vall del Corb, those from the plain of Lleida and those from the Pallars mountains, more than a thousand meters from altitude. They are continental wines, with personality. Among the indigenous varieties, garnatxa, trepat, macabeu and parellada stand out. Their wines are a box of surprises in an interior Catalonia to discover.DO Empordà: Mediterranean purityIt was the Greek and Phoenician traders who introduced the vine and wine to Catalonia, and they did so in the territory of the DO Empordà. With garnatxas with solera, corporis de samsó and ull de lebre wines, sweet, white, rosé and red, Empordà offers a dynamic wine variety in a spectacular landscape, full of art and legend. Combined with the spirit of the Costa Brava, the wine tourism offer is quite an experience that combines with prestigious gastronomy.DO Montsant: The wine grown in the shelter of the mountainThe DO Montsant has become renowned internationally in record time. It is a faithful reflection of the austerity and zeal of its winegrowers. You will find calm, long and persistent ageing wines with carinyena and garnatxa as the main varieties in an austere landscape, marked by licorice coasts, sheltered by the mountains of the Montsant mountain range and the most genuine tranquillity of rural life.DO Penedès: To everyone's tasteLocated 30 minutes from Barcelona, it is a wine-growing area of great landscape diversity, with inland and coastal vineyards, rich in architectural and historical heritage. In addition, it is the denomination with the highest production of wine in Catalonia. It includes modernist gems such as monasteries, castles and wineries. It is the homeland of the xarelello and malvasia of Sitges. Here are some of the great lineages of winegrowers, who have made wines from generation to generation. The white wines of the DO Penedès are synonymous with innovation and modernity, complemented by fruity red wines born in centuries-old cellars with a rich history. Under Montserrat's gaze, the region's wine tourism offer is consolidated and offers various activities for all tastes.DO Pla de Bages: The story that comes aliveThe DO Pla de Bages has a unique wine heritage in Europe. Medieval vats, centuries-old presses, thousands of huts and dry stone vats, built over centuries to make wine on the vine, are an exceptional testimony to the historical vigour of vine cultivation in this denomination. The recovery of this heritage in recent years shows the momentum of some winegrowers who have recovered the vineyard after a long absence. They have revalued varieties, such as picapoll and cabernet, with which unique wines are made.DOQ Priorat: The legend of timeIn this land, viticulture has always been heroic due to its orography. The Priorat, with its steep coasts, stone and vineyards, offers garnatxa and carinyena wines of unparalleled intensity, expression and power. They are engraved in memory and for this reason they have achieved great international recognition. 30 years ago a group of winegrowers launched an oenological revolution to value the DOQ Priorat. They renewed Catalan and Spanish wines. Today, a constellation of small wineries is betting on the uniqueness of licorice, the local slate, which gives rise to wines of great expression.DO Tarragona: The wisdom of the classicsThe wine heritage of the DO Tarragona transports us to the glorious era of Tarraco as a Roman capital, recognized for its wine throughout the Mediterranean. Today, declared Unesco World Heritage, Tarragona continues to be an epicentre of wine culture, with wines that extend from the Mediterranean coast to the rural interior and the Terres de l'Ebre. Modernist cooperatives are active architectural witnesses, alongside small wineries and innovative bets for natural wines. It is also the birthplace of vermouth. Don't miss their mistelas, muscatels, mass wines and rancid wines, all expressing the mild and Mediterranean character of the region.DO Terra Alta: An identity made of winePicasso fell in love with the Mediterranean spirit and the authenticity of rural life, which has managed to preserve its way of being and doing. The wines of the DO Terra Alta are original wines, where white garnatxa stands out, the star of a palette of variety. But also monovarietal reds from morenillo and samsó. If you are looking for authentic and genuine wine tourism, Terra Alta will not disappoint you.Discover a wide variety of wines that you will keep in your memory. Catalonia awaits you.